Obama Shouldn't Stem Research on Cells

Obama's campaign was anchored in change, change, change, and the public will expect nothing less. Beginning January 20, the pressure will be on to decide whether he is indeed capable of the promises he made in areas such as helathcare, education and the economy. Althought the economy tops the list os concerns currently voiced by Obama and the rest of the country, another stands out as a major issue: the topic of embryonic stem cell research.

In 2001, Prisident Bush limited the number of embryonic stem cell lines to be harvested and researched. He supported the research but echoed conservatives. Human life begins at conception and, in their eyes, destryoing these embryos for research is morally wrong.
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Bill Introduced to Expand Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Less than a year after similar legislation died in Congress, lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill in both chambers Wednesday that would promote embryonic stem cell research to help find cures for dieases such as cancer and Alzheimer's. The legislation would expand the number of sttem cell lines derived from unused embryos that are available for federally-funded research.
The bill stipulates that embryos can be used for federally funded stem cell reserach reguardless of the date of their creation, but it requires that only embryos originally created for fertility treatment would be used. It also askes for the beneficiaries of the treament to provide written consent for donation.

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First Lady Defends Limits on Stem Cell Research

Mrs. Bush told an audience of about 300 supporters, many of them doctors and nurses;"I hope that stem cell research will yeild cures and therapies for a myriad of illnesses, but I know tha embryonic stem cell research is very preliminary and the impication that cures for Alzheimer's are around the corner is just now right, and it's really not fair to the peoplewho are watching a loved one suffer from this disease."

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Limits on Stem-Cell Research Re-emerge as a Political Issue

Embryonic stem cell studies are contorversial because they involve the destruction of human embryos. Mrs. Reagan, whose husband, former President Ronald Reagan, suffers from Alheimers disease, had made her support for the research know but had never spoken publicly about it.

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